The Jennings Carnegie Public Library is a
Carnegie library located at 303 North Cary Avenue in
Jennings, Louisiana
Jennings is a city in, and the parish seat of, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, United States, near Lake Charles. The population was 10,383 at the 2010 census, a small decline from the 2000 tabulation. The city is 68 percent white.
Jennings is ...
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It is operated by the City of Jennings.
The library was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on January 8, 1982.
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History
The Jennings Carnegie Public Library is the oldest established library in the state of Louisiana. In 1889 the Jennings Ladies' Library Association opened the first public library in Jennings, Louisiana. The first structure burned down in 1901, leading the association to purchase the site and request financial support for a new library from the Carnegie Library program. With a donation of $10,000 and the city providing funding, support, and maintenance, the women were allowed to proceed with the project. The new building was built in 1908.
Architecture
The new building was built in 1908 with buff brick with white woodwork trim, and is located on a corner lot on the edge of the business district of Jennings. The main entrance is into a domed octagonal rotunda at the corner of the V-shaped building, with four Corinthian Corinthian or Corinthians may refer to:
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**Second Epistle to the Corinthians
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columns topped by a full entablature
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and a parapet
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beneath the dome. It is Palladian
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or Italian Renaissance
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architecture, designed by New York City architects Whitfield & King.[ wit]
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It was remodeled in 1952 and the south wing of the building was extended by four bays, with compatible brickwork and details.[
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Collections
The Jennings Carnegie Public Library has a number of collections.
See also
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References
Library buildings completed in 1908
Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
Public libraries in Louisiana
Carnegie libraries in Louisiana
Education in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana
National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana
1908 establishments in Louisiana
Carnegie Public Library
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